“I don’t give A’s in this class when the papers include no original thought. This paper reflects nothing original.” (Keene, 103) I will honestly say, very rarely have I ever heard a professor speak like this. I do on occasions have the few that want original thought instead of me just spitting out information that he/she already know. My thoughts and Keene’s thoughts are very similar, “I didn’t know how to learn to think. How does one go about getting an original thought?” (Keene, 103) In school we are “trained” to write a specific way, and it is not about how to put your own thoughts down on paper. I have struggled trying to put my own thoughts into a paper, because I worry about what the professor may think.
As a teacher, we need to make time with our students to have them write down their own thoughts about the topic at hand. Give them time to go into a deep thinking mode and not be afraid to share what they truly think. Learning should be fun, whether the child agrees with the teacher or not. Let the students explore, ask questions, think, and “explore their own internal drive to learn.” (Keene, 104)
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